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got a call the other day asking if I wanted a hive in a old home that is going to be tore down, I usually charge for removals but I decided to get the bee's, this is one of the biggest hives I have ever removed, it is 3 foot wide and 7 foot 10 inches long, the Floor Joyce are actual 3x12's on 18 inch centers, the house was built in 1919, nobody has lived there for about 25 years, they said the hive has been there about 15 years but when I went in the hive most of the comb couldn't have been more than 3-4 years old but it is full of bee's.... here's some pic's, in the pic's you can see that I removed so comb already on the right side.

here the entrance over the door on the right side and that's me removing the ceiling

here's a close side view, now remember this is 3 foot wide

« Last Edit: April 27, 2007, 02:37:00 PM by TwT »

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THAT's ME TO THE LEFT JUST 5 YEARS FROM NOW!!!!!!!!

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Wow Ted that is some good looking comb. It looks like you might have been able to make up a couple or three hives from the quantity of bees. Can you give us some detail on how you went about quantity, how much wax etc etc. I would sure like to have been on that one with you. Probably took more labour to remove the lath and plaster than getting the combs out.

Are you sure that isn't two different hives? One on each side of that beam?

nope just one the joyce had 4- 4x4 notches through it and comb running through the notches, it was just one hive. that is just a joyce, it has a 1x6 nail under the joyce, looks like a beam but the joyce is notched like at one time 4x4's ran through it...

I ended up filling 22 deep frames with brood comb, got about 2 1/2 5 gallon buckets with honey comb, but this hive is about as big maybe just a touch bigger than one I removed last year.

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Ted.....want to come to Reynolds, Ga. and help a newbee cut out a couple? I have two to remove in June. One is small and will probally be easy. The other one???????. Steve

sure, but i charge for removals and the farther away the higher price, i have a dodge deisel and it cost ;) , just pm me when you want to do them. and like understudy said, it want be small in june....

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The new owner does not close until June 1. The present owner may not appreciate me tearing up his house although the bees are the only ones living there. Steve

I am not sure I would not close on a house that had bees in it.. I would expect the current owner to get them out, fix all the damage and show that all comb, honey etc is cleaned out. No telling what state the inside is in..